The Congress trails the BJP in all the 12 constituencies and is leading in two others: Hunasuru, Shivajinagar.

Meanwhile, Independent candidate Sharath Kumar Bachegowda is leading in Hosakote.

Karnataka Assembly

BJP currently has 105 seats in 207-member Assembly

Currently, the BJP has 105 seats in the 207-member Assembly with the support of one independent, crossing the majority mark of 104.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has 224 seats, however, after 17 MLAs rebelled the former Kumaraswamy government and were disqualified, the strength of the House reduced to 207.

Out of the 17 seats, only 15 went to poll in the December 5 by-polls.

Information

Muski and R.R. Nagar constituencies did not go to poll

Bypolls in two seats—Muski in Raichur district and R.R. Nagar in Bengaluru southwest—were not conducted since a petition challenging their results in the May 2018 Assembly elections remains pending. Hence, the strength of the House will now be 222, with the majority mark 112.

By-polls

By-polls conducted on December 5; voter turnout 67.9%

While the BJP and the Congress party contested in all 15 Assembly seats in the by-polls, the Janata Dal-Secular contested 12 seats.

The by-polls witnessed a 67.9% voter turnout, i.e., 26 lakh out of the 38 lakh eligible voters cast their votes, in the 15 constituencies.

Hosakote in Bengaluru Rural district recorded the highest voting percentage of 90.90, where Independent candidate Bachegowda is leading.

History

Why are the by-polls being conducted?

The by-polls are being conducted to fill the 15 out of 17 vacancies left after 17 MLAs of the former Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JDS government rebelled.

The 17 MLAs, 14 from Congress and three from JD-S, defected to the BJP.

The then-Karnataka Assembly Speaker disqualified them, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, the BJP came to power, with BS Yediyurappa taking over as CM.